Slip



L. NOVY Dec. 10, 1946.

SLIP

Filed May 19. 1944 Patented Dec. 10, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SLIP Application May 19, 1944, Serial No. 536,266

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a slip.

It is an object of the invention to provide a slip having bust portions designed to give individual support in combination with a snugly fitting midriff portion.

A furthel` object is to provide a combination of bust portion and midrif portion lthat does not restrict the type of brassire used or destroy the moulding effect produced by the chosen type oi brassire.

A more particular object is to provide a cornbination of bust portion, back portion and midriff portion in a slip, giving a snug midriff with a high waist and a bust portion designed to give full effect to the bust moulding produced by the selected brassire.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front View of the slip;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the slip;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The slip includes a front skirt portion lil, and a rear skirt portion II joined at seams I2 and I3. Both of the two panels l and II are cut on the straight. This has the advantages that they maintain a xed hem line, and do not creep.

The front panel lil has a pointed upper edge curving downwardly from approximately the waist line at the sides, to a center point at I4.

The rear panel has an upper edge I5 disposed at approximately the waist line.

The midriff panel I5, cut on the bias, has its lower edge pointed to conform to the upper edges on the front skirt portion iii, and is stitched thereto, forming the seams II and IS, meeting at the point I 4. The midriff panel I6 extends to the rear approximately as far as does the front panel lll. The upper edge of the midrifi panel I6 consists of two parts 2li and 2l disposed above the waist line and curving upwardly in the middle to a point at 22.

Two bust panels 23 and 24 have lower edges cut as shown to t on the upper edges of the midriff panel lli. They are stitched to the upper edges 2i) and 2l of the midril panel I6 in a sur-- plice manner. The bust panels 23 and 24 are cut on the bias. It will be observed that the bottom edge of the members 23 and 24 are secured to the midriiic section across the point 22, and that the two bust portions 23 and 24 are not otherwise connected together at the middle of the garment.

The bust panels 23 and 24 have inner upper edges 26 and 2l, as shown. These two edges pro- 2 vide a V neck. The outer portion of the upper edges of the bust panels 23 and 24 slope downwardly, as shown at 28 and 29.

The back of the garment is formed with two upper back panels 30 and 3|. These panels are joined together at a mid-seam 32 and are joined to the upper edge I5 of the rear skirt panel II. The lateral edges of Ithe panels 3l! and 3| are joined to the side edges of the midrifi section 20 and the two bust panels 23 and 24. The upper edges 33 and 34 of the rear upper panels form continuations of the downwardly sloping edges 28 and 29 of the bust panels 23 and 24.

Shoulder straps 3l and 38 extend from the top of the bust panels 23 and 24 to the top edge of the back panels.

The bust portions are provided with darts to give the right shape thereto.

The fact that Ithe skirt portions IB and II are cut on the straight reduces the creeping as heretofore mentioned. However, provision must be made for expansion at the waist of the garment so that it can be put on. The midriff panel I6, cut on the bias and with its depending point I4, provides for this expansion from the waist downwardly toward the hip section. The garment may expand laterally until the edges Il and I8 form substantially a straight line and .thereby the wearer` may get into the garment by pulling it over the head.

The fact that the midril section is cut on the bias and, more particularly with the aid of the upper back panels 30 and 3| cut on the bias, provides a garment that lits snugly at the waist.

The surplice design of the bust portion allows the brassire to do the moulding. Many slips superimpose certain moulding action over that of the brassire, due in part to junction or merging of the two iront bust panels, which eliminates the individual shaping that is permissible with the present garment having its surplice front construction.

Further, the present construction with its bias bust panels cut in surplice manner and secured, as shown, `to a shaped and snug midrii section provides a garment that does not draw in a direction from each shoulder strap down. Therefore, this slip does not depress any upward moulding provided by the brassire.

The garment also provides for a low neck line which may be lowered to even an exaggerated condition by lowering the shoulder straps.

It will be noted .that the waist line is high in this slip. The midrifi panel I6 is substantially wholly above the waist line. Consequently, some 3 lowering of the shoulder straps is quite permissible Without materially altering the t of the garment.

What is claimed is:

In a slip, a skirt extending from a waist portion down to a hem line, said skirt portion having an upper edge substantially at the Waist of the wearer, a laterally yieldable midriff sec-tion extending across the front of the garment to the sides thereof, attached to the upper edge of the waist portion extending upwardly therefrom to provide an upper edge just below the bust of the wearer, means across the back of the garment connecting the lateral ends of the midriff sec- 4 tion, said midriff section and connecting means being adapted yieldably to t the Waist of the wearer snugly and provide support for the skirt vfrom the waist of the wearer, a pair of bust panels extending upwardly from the upper edge of the midriff section, each of said bust panels having a lower edge secured to the said upper edge, the said lower edges of the bust panels overlap- -ping at the middle of the midriff section but being otherwise independent of one another so that they may independently mold to the bust of the wearer, and means for supporting the upper parts of said bust panels.

LORETTA NOVY. 

